Summer is quickly drawing to a close....

I will totally admit to being lame, but I am excited to go back to school, and no, not just for the paycheck. I really want to get back into a routine, see the kids, hang out with my friends..... I am NOT excited about the work, grading papers, the meetings....

This year is going to be so different, I just know it. First, it's my 4th year at Skyline, which honestly seems unbelievable. I literally cannot believe I've been teaching for 8 years!!!!!!!!! Anyway, 'cuz it's my 4th year, all the kids who were my first class graduated and are gone. So while there are a lot of kids still at SHS who I totally like and think are awesome, it just isn't the same as that group of kids I started with.

B) and maybe the biggest thing, is that I have a student teacher this year. We just had a meeting today to start planning things and I think she's gonna do a good job. Her name is Tami and she subbed all of last year while going to school at The University of Phoenix at night and online. I really think that having her in my classroom is going to help make me a better teacher. Oh, don't get me wrong, I'm good (or I wouldn't've gotten her in the first place), but this is gonna help me. I am concerned about giving up control of my classroom, of my kids. You all know that I am a super laid back, go-with-flow kinda teacher, but the thought of someone else actually teaching my kids.....kinda scares me! LOl

And thirdly, things happened during this summer that changed me. There was family stuff and friend stuff, and while the details are not important, the outcomes are. I am different. The things that I want now, that I am looking forward to, are totally different than they were 8 weeks ago. I won't lie. I'm a little.....IDK, anxious I guess (scared is too strong a word here) to start the school year. But I am also hopeful, always hopeful....

So the downhill slide begins....this time next week I'll be back at school for sophomore orientation. This time in two weeks I'll be tired of back to school meetings. This time in three weeks I'll be exhausted and my throat will be killing me from all the talking and explainging and syllabus-going-over. OMG!!!! I so am not ready for all of this!!!!!!!!!!!!! LOL But, whether I'm ready or not, here comes year 8 of my teaching.....